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Who was Cassandra?

In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.

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June 18, 2005

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Yet another stunning and beautifully-written story about the 60s/70s today at Creek Running North. There are so many things I love about Chris's writing - the skillful weaving together of different ideas and subjects to make just about anything twice as interesting as it already was, the original use of language, the often-surprising subjects and turns of events. But what I love most is the way he controls the tone to convey exactly the mood and quality of experience and memory. Remarkable stuff; we're fortunate to be able to read it.

At Blork Blog, Ed wrote an excellent post about online writing and reading that I've been thinking about for several days. He's talking about the interaction of speed and technology and quality and skill: not only how these affect writing, but how they affect reading. As he said, this is not a new topic, but I think his take on it brings up several new points. I was going to quote a piece of it here, but it's better if you go read the whole thing - I was surprised Ed didn't get more comments on what he wrote, but maybe you all can change that!